"Lover Please" | ||||
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Single by Clyde McPhatter | ||||
from the album Lover Please! | ||||
B-side | "Let's Forget About the Past" | |||
Released | February 1962 | |||
Genre | Rock and roll[1] | |||
Length | 1:52 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Songwriter(s) | Billy Swan | |||
Producer(s) | Shelby Singleton | |||
Clyde McPhatter singles chronology | ||||
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"Lover Please" is a 1962 song written by Billy Swan and first recorded by the Rhythm Steppers in 1960. It is most known for the version performed by Clyde McPhatter on his 1962 album Lover Please![2] which set it up to reach No.7 on the U.S. pop chart.[3] Overseas, it reached No.6 in Norway. The song ranked No.41 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.[4]